American Academy of Family Physicians

Speak Out Against Ill-Advised Coke-Doctors Partnership

Connie Bennett | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Conflict of Interest, Big Tobacco, Yoni Freedhoff, www.familydoctor.org, Lori Heim, Coke, Connie-Bennett, End the AAFP and Coca-Cola Collaboration, Aafp, Fructose, Big Soda, Weighty Matters, Sugar, Coca-Cola, Controversy, Health, Soda, Optimal Health Care, American Academy of Family Physicians, Doctors Resign, Healthy Living News
Connie Bennett

For a doctors' group to take a six-figure sum from Coke is like accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars from Big Tobacco to create a physician-approved website claiming cigarettes are part of a healthy lifestyle.

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Coke Bribes Family Physicians Association for Cheap

Hemi Weingarten | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Douglas Henley, Contra Costa, Coca-Cola, Bribe, American Dietetic Association, Coke, American Academy of Family Physicians, Physician, Aafp, Obesity, Walter Willett, Sugar, Northern California, Healthy Living News
Hemi Weingarten

What exact role do sugar laden beverages such as Coca Cola, Vitamin Water, and others play in a healthy lifestyle? None. You don't need an educational program to figure that one out.

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Why Are Doctors Selling Out to Coke?

Marion Nestle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Coca-Cola, American Academy of Family Physicians, Coca Cola, Coke, Aafp, Green News
Marion Nestle

A new partnership places the AAFP in an embarrassing conflict of interest. I gather that members were not consulted. They need to make their voices heard.

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